UFC 182 surpasses all 2014 events in pay-per-view sales

UFC 182 recorded the biggest pay-per-view sales since the end of 2013. Photo: Disclosure/UFC

The first UFC event in 2015 was enough to reach an important milestone for the biggest MMA organization on the planet. UFC 182, held on January 3 in Las Vegas (USA), recorded between 740 thousand and 820 thousand packages sold pay-per-view, a number that surpasses all events held in 2014.

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The attraction was led by the long-awaited duel between Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier, valid for the UFC light heavyweight belt. Expectations for the fight were high among fans, especially due to the great rivalry between the athletes, who even fought during a press conference in August last year. In the fight, Jones prevailed and retained the title according to the judges' decision.

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The number recorded by UFC 182 serves as encouragement for the North American organization, which, in 2014, had one of its worst years in terms of sales. pay-per-view. The event with the most packages purchased was UFC 175, in July, which had Chris Weidman against Lyoto Machida e Ronda Rousey facing up Alexis Davis. In total, around 500 thousand packages were sold.

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However, the numbers achieved by UFC 182 did not surpass the sales of the last event of 2013, UFC 168. At the time, around a million people bought packages to see the rematches between Chris Weidman e Anderson Silva, and Ronda Rousey against Miesha Tate. Ultimate's absolute record was the historic UFC 100, which, headlined by Brock Lesnar e Georges St Pierre, recorded 1,6 million sales.